Instruction and amusement apparatus



A. M. KNOPF INSTRUCTION AND AMUSEMENT APPARATUS March 12, 1940.

Filed May 16, 1939 INVENTOR BY ALBERT M. KNOPF /M ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 12, 1940 INSTRUCTION AND AMUSEMENT APPARATUS Albert M. Knopf, Philadelphia, Pa. Application May 16, 1939, Serial No. 273,893

2 Claims.

My invention relates to a new and useful instruction and amusement apparatus, whereby children, as well as adults, can, in a practical manner, instructthemselves in artistic creations and can, at the same time, amuse themselves.

The full nature of the invention and the method of its use will be more clearly understood from the following specification and the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 represents a perspective view of the apparatus illustrating the manner of use.

Fig. 2 represents a composite view in perspective of certain of the elements forming part of the apparatus.

Fig. 3 represents a composite view in end elevation illustrating, if possible, a modified form of the construction.

Referring to the drawing in which like reference characters indicate like parts, and more particularly to Fig. 1, my instruction and amusement apparatus is suitably housed in a box which is shown square in Fig. 1 but which obviously may be made in any desired shape or size and of any desired material, the box being provided with the compartments 4, 5, 6 and 1, and with the work table or other support 8. In the compartment 4 are disposed a plurality of work pieces 9 which are shown as ovalbut which could be round or of any other desired contour. In the compartment 5 are disposed a plurality of receptacles l0, each of which contains a pigment of a different color, together with one or. more brushes II- for applying the pigment. In the compartment 6 are provided scissors I2, a receptacle of paste l3 and a coil'of' string or wire l4; Compartment 1 contains cotton or similar fibrous or fiufly material IS. The work table 8 is provided with a plurality of holes l6 which are adapted to. receive and support a plurality of sticks or rods I! which are conveniently stored in the compartment 5. The work pieces 9 are provided with similar apertures l8for receiving the opposite ends of the rods l1. While the rods I! are shown as round in Figs. 1 and 2, it is 5 possible to make them square as shown at 20 in Fig. 3, or of any other desired contour. Similarly, the work pieces 9, instead of being completely oval, may be truncated as shown at 2| in Fig. 3, it being understood that any other deoosired form or shape may be imparted to the supporting rods I1 and the work pieces 9 as well as the apertures 16 and I8.

The operation is as follows:

The work piece 9 is mounted on one end of the supporting rod l1 and the other end of the rod I1 is then planted in the table top 8 through one of the openings I6. With the work piece thus supported in position the operator 5 uses the brush II to paint, by means of the pigments in the containers II], a face as shown, the hair on the head and the beard being formed by means of the cotton or the like l5 and adhesively secured by the paste l3. In this way the 10 operator can derive extensive amusement and develop latent or present artistic abilities as the case may be. Either faces of famous men, or faces of ones friends, can be drawn and painted to produce lifelike images which can be used for 1 decorations, mementos, or as place cards at banquets or other social gatherings or the like.

It will thus be seen that I have produced an extremely simplified and inexpensive apparatus for efficient self-instruction and gratifying amuse- 80 ment, and that the same is packaged compactly.

It will also be seen that, not only are the various implements all provided in one single, compact kit, but also that the box containing all the I parts of the apparatus also provides an easel for 25 supporting the work piece.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. An instruction and amusement device com- 30 prising a receptacle, a platform formed in said receptacle and having perforations therein, work pieces having apertures therein, and rods adapted to engagesaid perforations in said platform at the lower ends thereof and adapted to engage the 35 apertures in said work pieces at the upper ends thereof for detachably supporting said work pieces in an accessible position immediately above said receptacle.

2. An instruction and amusement device .com- 4 prising a receptacle, a platform having recesses formed therein, work pieces of a curvilinear contour having apertures therein, and elongated supports adapted to engage the recesses in said platform at their lower ends and adapted to engage the apertures in said work pieces at'their upper, ends'for detachably supporting said work pieces on said platform, the apertures in said work pieces being eccentrically disposed, whereby said work pieces are supported on said elongated mem- 5o bers at a predetermined angle with respect tothe horizontal.

ALBERT M. KNOPF. 

